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Ikemoto, (Henry) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2014-006
Abstract The Henry Ikemoto collection includes materials on the Japanese American soldiers of the 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, as well as Japanese-American evacuation and incarceration in camps during WWII. The materials are in the forms of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, booklets, programs, newspaper and magazine clippings, photobooks, books, essays, and newsletters. Of special note are letters from American Red Cross volunteer Shirley Cobb to soldier...
Dates: 1942-2013

Paul Junji Toshima Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-009
Scope and Contents The Paul Junji Toshima Collection (1942-1953) contains 640 photographs and a painting belonging to Paul Junji Toshima. The bulk of the photographs were taken during the Korean War when Toshima served in a military intelligence unit. The images within the albums include photographs of Prisoners of War and the shelters they were held, secret military mission code-named Operation Little Switch, a variety of photographs of the truce talks and switching of Prisoners of War on both sides, an 8x10...
Dates: 1942-1953